听力题America''s national symbol, the bald eagle
听力题M: Hello?
W: hello, Debbi. This is Frank
听力题M: Hi, Helen
听力题M: Is that a map
听力题M: You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When is it that you''re leaving?
W: In just three weeks and I am excited, but there are still things I need to do before I go.
M: Like what?
W: Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane ticket and making a decision as to what to do with my apartment while I am gone.
M: You''re not going to give it up, are you?
W: No way, I''ll never find another apartment around here. But I don''t like the idea of paying three month''s rent on an empty apartment, either.
M: I don''t blame you. Perhaps you could sublet it.
W: Yes. That''s exactly what I want. But who to? Or do you by any chance know the person who will?
M: Hum, let me think, Oh, I know just the person, an old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas. He is coming here to do some research this summer from June through August.
W: Well, that''s exactly when I''ll be away. It sounds ideal, as long as the landlord agrees.
M: Tell you what. I''ll be calling Jim later this week anyway, so I''ll mention it to him then.
W: Well, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money would really come in handy.
M: You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When is it that you''re leaving?
W: In just three weeks and I am excited, but there are still things I need to do before I go.
M: Like what?
W: Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane ticket and making a decision as to what to do with my apartment while I am gone.
M: You''re not going to give it up, are you?
W: No way, I''ll never find another apartment around here. But I don''t like the idea of paying three month''s rent on an empty apartment, either.
M: I don''t blame you. Perhaps you could sublet it.
W: Yes. That''s exactly what I want. But who to? Or do you by any chance know the person who will?
M: Hum, let me think, Oh, I know just the person, an old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas. He is coming here to do some research this summer from June through August.
W: Well, that''s exactly when I''ll be away. It sounds ideal, as long as the landlord agrees.
M: Tell you what. I''ll be calling Jim later this week anyway, so I''ll mention it to him then.
W: Well, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money would really come in handy.
听力题 We only have a few minutes left so I’d like to go over a couple of points before we move on. Remember, although there are both horizontal and vertical movements in air, the term wind applies only to horizontal movement. And more air is involved in horizontal movements than vertical movements. And what causes the horizontal movement?Alternately, it’s the solar radiation, because the unequal heating of the earth rather than the atmosphere produces horizontal differences in air pressure.
These differences set winds in motion. Essentially, winds are the natural way of balancing uneven distribution air pressure over the earth. Secondly, let me repeat my answer to the question we had before about wind direction. Many people get confused by what they hear in weather forecast.
We talk about wind direction in terms of where the wind’s coming from, not where it’s blowing to. Wind direction is a good reason to this. To weather broadcasters, the origin of winds is more important than its destination. The winds origin helps them predict the weather.
Logically, in the northern hemisphere, a north wind turns to bring cold wind. South wind warms weather. I haven’t forgotten vertical air. We don’t have time today to talk about them in depth. In our next class then, I’ll begin by discussing updraft and downdraft and how they affect the weather. I suspect most of you can guess which of the two brings warm weather, and which brings cold.
We only have a few minutes left so I’d like to go over a couple of points before we move on. Remember, although there are both horizontal and vertical movements in air, the term wind applies only to horizontal movement. And more air is involved in horizontal movements than vertical movements. And what causes the horizontal movement?Alternately, it’s the solar radiation, because the unequal heating of the earth rather than the atmosphere produces horizontal differences in air pressure.
These differences set winds in motion. Essentially, winds are the natural way of balancing uneven distribution air pressure over the earth. Secondly, let me repeat my answer to the question we had before about wind direction. Many people get confused by what they hear in weather forecast.
We talk about wind direction in terms of where the wind’s coming from, not where it’s blowing to. Wind direction is a good reason to this. To weather broadcasters, the origin of winds is more important than its destination. The winds origin helps them predict the weather.
Logically, in the northern hemisphere, a north wind turns to bring cold wind. South wind warms weather. I haven’t forgotten vertical air. We don’t have time today to talk about them in depth. In our next class then, I’ll begin by discussing updraft and downdraft and how they affect the weather. I suspect most of you can guess which of the two brings warm weather, and which brings cold.
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听力题It was 1951
听力题W: Welcome to our program, Tom.
M: Thank you
听力题Prices determine how resources are to be used
听力题Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard
听力题 For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. "We can do without railways" people say, as if motorcars and planes made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, that they''re dying. But this is far from the truth. In these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes.
If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they''re cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another. It doesn''t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesn''t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do. Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive.
Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorways we can''t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can''t fly in for the same reason.
For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. "We can do without railways" people say, as if motorcars and planes made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, that they''re dying. But this is far from the truth. In these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes.
If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they''re cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another. It doesn''t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesn''t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do. Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive.
Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorways we can''t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can''t fly in for the same reason.
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听力题 Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending.
The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.
Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending.
The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.
听力题 Dangerous occupations tend to be exciting and well paid. They often involve foreign travel or meeting famous and interesting people. Here is a look at someone who likes his dangerous occupation in spite of the danger, and at why he does it.
Gilbert Michael Pitts is a freelance cameraman. He does a lot of his work underwater. Michael has been diving since he was about nine years old. He says that he was on holiday with his parents and a friend had a snorkel. He tried it and "that was it—ever since I first put my head under water I''ve been fascinated by divining". Later on he went on a four month commercial diving course. His commercial diving career included underwater photography—still and video (to inspect oil rigs), underwater burning, planting explosives and connecting pipelines.
"I''m not frightened or apprehensive," he says, "because it''s a medium I''ve been working in for such a long time. It''s something that I love. I am frightened of certain things, but they certainly don''t include diving in water. I think it''s a matter of experience and just being at ease in that environment. "
Dangerous occupations tend to be exciting and well paid. They often involve foreign travel or meeting famous and interesting people. Here is a look at someone who likes his dangerous occupation in spite of the danger, and at why he does it.
Gilbert Michael Pitts is a freelance cameraman. He does a lot of his work underwater. Michael has been diving since he was about nine years old. He says that he was on holiday with his parents and a friend had a snorkel. He tried it and "that was it—ever since I first put my head under water I''ve been fascinated by divining". Later on he went on a four month commercial diving course. His commercial diving career included underwater photography—still and video (to inspect oil rigs), underwater burning, planting explosives and connecting pipelines.
"I''m not frightened or apprehensive," he says, "because it''s a medium I''ve been working in for such a long time. It''s something that I love. I am frightened of certain things, but they certainly don''t include diving in water. I think it''s a matter of experience and just being at ease in that environment. "
听力题M: I just finished reading a book of short story by Hemlen Garlen called May Traveled Road. I really enjoy it. Have you read it?
W: Yes, it was a required reading in the American literature course I took last year, even though it''s a fiction, you get a realistic picture of the hard life people had on American frontier. I don''t think I would survive 19 century frontier life.
M: Me neither. Remember that story among the car roads. Garlen gives a vivid description of Julie Peterson, that young immigrant girl. She had to work on her family farm.
W: Ah ha.
M: Well when Julie feels exhausted, and she is wishing she can escape from her hard labor, she looks over her father working in the next field. And she is inspired to continue her own work.
W: I do remember that story. Garlen really captures the spirit of hard work that was so typical of immigrants and pioneers who settled the American Midwest. It''s difficult to image that nothing seems to discourage them for long.
M: I wonder how Garlen learn so much about the Midwest. Was he from Boston?
W: He lived in Boston. In fact, he studied and taught in Boston School of Oritory, but I think he was born in Lawcarbinlen, Wisconsin. He did grow up in Midwest.
M: No wonder his description is so good, I''m going to take this book back to the library now and see what other Garlen''s works I can find.
M: I just finished reading a book of short story by Hemlen Garlen called May Traveled Road. I really enjoy it. Have you read it?
W: Yes, it was a required reading in the American literature course I took last year, even though it''s a fiction, you get a realistic picture of the hard life people had on American frontier. I don''t think I would survive 19 century frontier life.
M: Me neither. Remember that story among the car roads. Garlen gives a vivid description of Julie Peterson, that young immigrant girl. She had to work on her family farm.
W: Ah ha.
M: Well when Julie feels exhausted, and she is wishing she can escape from her hard labor, she looks over her father working in the next field. And she is inspired to continue her own work.
W: I do remember that story. Garlen really captures the spirit of hard work that was so typical of immigrants and pioneers who settled the American Midwest. It''s difficult to image that nothing seems to discourage them for long.
M: I wonder how Garlen learn so much about the Midwest. Was he from Boston?
W: He lived in Boston. In fact, he studied and taught in Boston School of Oritory, but I think he was born in Lawcarbinlen, Wisconsin. He did grow up in Midwest.
M: No wonder his description is so good, I''m going to take this book back to the library now and see what other Garlen''s works I can find.
听力题M: Hi, Lynn, I saw you at registration yesterday
听力题M: Hi Diana, mind if I sit down?
W: Not at all
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